Blacksad #4

The fourth volume of Blacksad arrives in a stunning 2010 Dutch-language edition from Dargaud Benelux, bearing the haunting title "De hel, de stilte" — "The Hell, the Silence." Juanjo Guarnido's cover art is quietly arresting: the anthropomorphic feline detective Blacksad drifts unconscious (or worse) through a deep, luminous blue underwater world, his green-clad body suspended in eerie stillness, arms splayed and coat trailing as light filters down from above. It's a masterclass in atmosphere from the creative duo of Juan Díaz Canales and Guarnido, promising a noir tale as cold and beautiful as the image itself.